Frank Ver Beck

He studied art and woodcarving under Mansfield, Ohio artist Robert R. "Railroad" Smith and worked as a wood engraver.

In 1894 in Munsey's Magazine, Harold Payne wrote:For quaintness of conceit and weirdness of treatment William Francis Ver Beck has no parallel.

He invests crocodiles, turtles, lizards, frogs, and other amphibiae with human attributes, places them in all sorts of ludicrous positions, and carries them through endless laughable experiences.

He even descends to the vegetable kingdom for his subjects, and invests cabbages, carrots, and beets with the power of lingual communication.

These were all reprinted later by The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., New York: Later Books Note: as of 2016-07-01, LC Online Catalog search for 'frank verbeck' (no space) hits at least 10 more records for Frank Ver Beck.